Rock & Roll Birthdays

1945 Ian McLagan, English rocker (Faces), born in Hounslow, Middlesex, (d. 2014)

1948 Steve Winwood, England, musician (A Higher Love, Roll with it)

1950 Billy Squier, Mass, heavy metal guitarist (Don't Say No)

1950 Jocko Marcellino, rocker (Sha Na Na)

1963 - Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan walked out of rehearsals for the US TV Ed Sullivan show after being told he couldn't perform his song 'Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues' due to it mocking the US military and segregation. CBS officials asked Dylan to substitute it for another song, but the singer reportedly said: 'No, this is what I want to do. If I can't play my song, I'd rather not appear on the show'.

1965 - Wilson Pickett
Wilson Pickett recored the soul classic 'In the Midnight Hour' with studio musicians Steve Cropper and Al Jackson of the Stax Records house band, including bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn. The song was composed by Pickett and Steve Cropper at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis where Martin Luther King, Jr. would later be assassinated in April 1968.

1972 - The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones released Exile On Main Street, the second album on their own label. The double set featured two hit singles, 'Tumbling Dice' and 'Happy'. In 2003, the album was ranked No. 7 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the highest of any Stones album on the list.

2008 - Neil Young
Singer-songwriter Neil Young had a spider named after him. US university biologist Jason Bond discovered a new species of trapdoor spider and decided to name it after his favourite musician. Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi was found in Jefferson County, Alabama, in 2007.

Amos Otis said:

1966 Christoph Schneider, German drummer

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Man would I love to see a Rammstein show. In the 70s, Blue Oyster used to shoot sparks [fake] while crossing guitars, and shoot lasers off the back of the mirrored guitar. Guitars with flamethrowers is better. @ 3:30

injinji said:

1948 Steve Winwood, England, musician (A Higher Love, Roll with it)

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16 years old, and sang lead on one of the greatest rock tunes of all time.

1940 Norman Whitfield, American songwriter and producer for Motown

1942 Ian Dury, English rock musician

1944 James Purify

1958 Eric Singer, American drummer

1923 Red [William] Garland, American jazz pianist (Miles Davis Quintet), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 1984)

1941 Ritchie Valens, American singer (Donna, La Bamba), born in Pacoima, California (d. 1959)

1945 Magic Dick [Richard Salwitz], American harmonicaist and musician (J Geils Band- "Centerfold"), born in New London, Connecticut

+ rep for his name.

1947 Pete "Overend" Watts, English rock bassist (Mott The Hoople-All Young Dudes), born in Birmingham, United Kingdom

1950 Stevie Wonder [Stevland Hardaway Morris], American singer-songwriter (You are the Sunshine of My Life), born in Saginaw, Michigan

1966 Darius Rucker, American singer (Hootie & the Blowfish), born in Charleston, South Carolina